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04/13/1961
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JOSEPH RAYMOND MEROLA

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1 APRIL 3 LAST MM 722 C FURNISHED FOLLOWING RE JOSEPH MEROLA,
FORMER Cis NOW SUSPECT IN "UNSUBS (TWO) ARMED ROBE ° Bedt ce,
iy APPROXIMATELY $117,200 IN JEWELRY AND CASA, RESIDENCE OF FIA
EDLTH, AND RRITZ DORIGO, HALLANDRLE, FLORIDA, MARCH 20, 1961, Saunt ol
ITSP MAJOR THEFT, OO MIAMI." MEROLA RECENTLY TOLD Ci HE . al aN
IS“CONNECTED WITH CIA IN SOME CAPACITY IN WHICH HE CLAIMED TO SQ
HAVE ACCESS TO ALL FORMS EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING FIREARMS AND th oy
AMMUNITION, BEING FURNISHED BY CIA TO SOME ANTI CASTRO GROUP,
WEROLA CLAIMED CIA SENDS THIS EQUIPMENT TO MEROLAS HOME WHERE
IT 1S; SUBSEQUENTLY PICKED BP BY BOAT FROM REAR MEROLA RESIDENCE
a CLAIMED HE 1S REQUIRED HAVE CUBANS WHO OBTAIN GUNS SIGN RECEIPT VY
On Ve. SAME, OPERATION TAKES PLACE UNDER COVER DARKNESS. CLAIMED

TO HAVE TAKEN FROM EQUIPMENT SEVERAL AUTOMATICS EQUIPPED WITH a
SILENCERS. INFORMANT CLAIMS MEROLA 1S ®ARMING THE OUTFIT" ; =e
AND IS FURNISHING THESE WEAPONS TO VARIOUS HOODLUM ACQUAINTANC i
FOR SUM $500 EACH. MEROLA EXHIBITED ONE SUCH AUTOMATIC TO C!
AND DEMONSTRATED BY FIRING SHOT INTO AIR. Cl "COULD NOT HEAR
| A THING." ON APRIL 5 JOHN NOBLE, COVERT CIA AGENT WORKING

OPERATIONAL LEVEL, ADVISED DID NOT BELIEVE CIA HAD OPERATIONA
k INTEREST IN MEROLA BUT WOULD CHECK». ON APRIL 6 HE ADVISED

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GLEICHAUF, OVERT CIA REPRESENTATIVE, MIAMI, ADVISED ABOUT TWO
MONTHS AGO HE WENT TO MEROLAS HOME AFTER MEROLA PESTERED HIM
WITH PHONE CALLS OFFERING RENT PLANE OR HELICOPTER TO CLA ,
FOR USE BY FRENTE REVOLUCIONARIO DEMOCRATICO, ANTI CASTRO
ORGANIZATION UTILIZED BY CLIP. MEROLA SHOWED: GLEICHAUF BOAT
"TERRY KNAUT" DOCKED BEHIND HIS HOME AND IMPLIED THIS WAS
HIS BOAT AND !T HAD ALREADY BEEN USED BY FRENTE. MEROLA
SEEMED EAGER GET OUT OF U. S. AND SUGGESTED CIA USE HIM ON
SOME MISSION TO BRAZIL WHERE MEROLA PLANNED WORK OUT DEAL
TO SKIP WHISKEY TO BRAZIL DUTY FREE THROUGH BRAZILIAN
POLITICIAN. GLEICHAUF TOLD MEROLA HE WAS NOT INTERESTED.
AFTER FURTHER CHECK, GLEICHAUF ADVISED MIAMI THIS BOAT HAS
BEEN USED ON ONE OR MORE OPERATIONS BY FRENTE, BUT NOT
LIKELY BE USED AGAIN BECAUSE IN BAD SHAPE. BOAT 63 FEET,
BEARS REGISTRATION NUMBER 2700). GLEICHAUF STATED MEROLA
NOT WORKING FOR CI wc FRENTE SO FAR AS CAN DETERMINE. ON -
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APRIL 5}DAVID GLAS OVERT CIA AGENT, FURNISHED MIAMI LIST
BOATS BEING USED IN VARIOUS OPERATIONS IN WHICH CIA HAS
INTEREST, "TERRY KNOTY" ON THIS LIST. AFTER SEVERAL

\ jvonceiacgatl, ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT VARONA PERSONALLY, ON APRIL 13

JORGEXMQRAN,. SECRETARY TO MANUEL ANTONIO DE VARONA LOREDO,
f GENERA OORDINATOR OF FRENTE, CONFIDENTIALLY ADVISED MEROLA
L 1S WORKING ON THE BOAT "TERRY KNOTT" OWNED BY MOVIMIENTO DE

RECUPERACION DE LA REVOLUGION, MRR, WHICH IS MEMBER ORGANIZATION

OF FRENTE, MORAN STATED /2gAT WAS OPERATED BY SANTI AGOPEREUG ¥
APRIL 8 AND JOSE caine 0 SNe WAS IN CHARGE OF "TER KNOTT Y&R

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